US 11,713,165 B2
Decorative sleeve for soft-packaging products
Amber Askins Gearhart, Ponte Vedra, FL (US)
Filed by Amber Askins Gearhart, Ponte Vedra, FL (US)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/813,085.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/421,885, filed on Nov. 14, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2018/0134456 A1, May 17, 2018
Int. Cl. B65D 35/28 (2006.01); B65D 81/24 (2006.01); B65D 35/44 (2006.01); B65D 35/14 (2006.01); B65D 23/08 (2006.01); B65D 35/42 (2006.01); B65D 35/56 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 35/28 (2013.01) [B65D 23/0842 (2013.01); B65D 35/14 (2013.01); B65D 35/42 (2013.01); B65D 35/44 (2013.01); B65D 35/56 (2013.01); B65D 81/24 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A decorative sleeve for soft-packaging products comprising:
a receiving opening;
a sheath, wherein the sheath at least partially comprises a stretchable material;
a decorative feature located on the sheath; and
a soft-packaging product comprising:
a body,
a dispensing opening,
a product cap configured to at least partially cover the dispensing opening, wherein the product cap is configured to be removably received by the dispensing opening; and
a product;
wherein the receiving opening is located at a first end of the sheath, wherein a second end of the sheath opposite to the first end remains closed, wherein the receiving opening stretches to allow the soft-packaging product to be inserted into and removed from the sheath, wherein the sheath is configured to completely obscure the body of the soft-packaging product when the body of the soft-packaging product is fully inserted into the sheath, wherein the dispensing opening at least partially protrudes through the receiving opening such that the dispensing opening is able to receive the product cap when the body of the soft-packaging product is fully inserted within the sheath, and wherein the body of the soft-packaging product changes shape as an amount of the product enclosed within the body changes.